story: Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1998 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time. As of the 2017 edition, it is now in its 63rd year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages. The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in "Guinness World Records" becoming the primary international authority on the cataloging and verification of a huge number of world records; the organization employs official record adjudicators authorized to verify the authenticity of the setting and breaking of records. 
  
  On 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Breweries, went on a shooting party in the North Slob, by the River Slaney in County Wexford, Ireland. After missing a shot at a golden plover, he became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the golden plover or the red grouse. (It is the plover.) That evening at Castlebridge House, he realized that it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird. Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland and abroad, but there was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records. He realized then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove successful.
questions: What does the Guinness Book record?
questions: What world record does the book itself hold?
questions: What publication year is it in as of 2017?
questions: In how many languages is it available?
questions: and how many countries?
questions: What year did Sir Hugh Beaver go to a shooting party?
questions: What was his argument about?
questions: And what is the answer to thtat?
questions: Was he the mind behind Guinness book?
questions: It this book published annually?
answers: world records
answers: listing world records
answers: best-selling copyrighted book of all time
answers: The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time
answers: its 63rd
answers: As of the 2017 edition, it is now in its 63rd year of publication
answers: 23
answers: published in 100 countries and 23 languages
answers: 100
answers: published in 100 countries
answers: 1951
answers: On 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Breweries, went on a shooting party
answers: which was the fastest game bird in Europe
answers:  argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe
answers: the golden plover
answers: (It is the plover.)
answers: yes
answers: He realized then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove successful.
answers: yes
answers: book published annually